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If you want retirees to own your dividend fund, give them monthly payouts. It’s surprising that big swaths of the fund industry are only now figuring this out.

WisdomTree Investments (WETF) said in a press release today that its remaining four domestic dividend ETFs not already on a monthly schedule will make the switch. The WisdomTree Total Dividend Fund (DTD), the WisdomTree LargeCap Dividend Fund (DLN), the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (DON) and the WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Fund (DES) are scheduled to make their first monthly distribution on ex-date November 26, 2012.

The WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials Fund (DTN) and the WisdomTree Equity Income Fund (DHS) changed to a monthly schedule in July.

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Chris Dieterich has covered the U.S. stock market for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. He is a graduate of Regis University and the Missouri School of Journalism.